Who builds and films the most astonishing and creative Rube Goldberg / Robert S. Petersen-like chain reaction in 2017? Let's build ONE BIG CROSS BORDER EUROPEAN CHAIN REACTION!

Wednesday, 11 January 2017

8 - Scotland - Technical Chain Reaction

The 7 and 8 year old young scientists from Yester Primary School in Scotland all say "Hello Europe!"As is always the case for our pupils, the children themselves in the class discussed, planned and implemented the chain reaction from start to finish. Apart from some outside help from local drone owner, Gary Crowe, (who we thank sincerely for his time and efforts) this chain is as you see - the work of the kids.
We hope you enjoy it, and we'd like to wish "Good Luck" to all teams in ECR2017!Best wishes from the children in P4, at Yester Primary School!

Project History

The European Chain reaction is a European Quality Label winning eTwinning project that was first organised in 2011.

The project is a contest and a European collaboration between primary schools from as many as possible European countries.

In the contest primary schools compete for the honour and a nice trophy: Which country builds and films the most astonishing and creative Rube Goldberg / Robert Storm Petersen chain reaction? The competing children are the only judges in this game!

We would like to find some extra schools to participate, so if your country isn't mentioned on this blog and your primary or kindergarten school wants to join this amazing science competition? Please contact dave at qworzo dot be or find us at the eTwinningforum!

To all joining us: have a "sciencerrific experience" and let's all hope the best young Einsteins may win!

Robert S. Peterson Impression

The European Chain Reaction has won the MEDEA-award for European Collaboration!

The European Chain Reaction is the proud winner of the MEDEA-award for European Collaboration 2011! Find out more about these awards here or read the full pre

This is a European Quality Label winning eTwinning project!

Armenia

Yerevan “Mkhitar Sebastatsi” Educomplex of the Ministry of Education and Scinece of RA is a union of educational institutions: 4 primary school-gardens with their kindergartens, a middle school, three high schools, a career college, centers of further education, realizing author (state alternative) pre-school, primary, basic, secondary, preliminary (vocational), career college experimental educational programs. The Educomplex was founded in 1989 by the resolution of the Government of RA with Ashot Bleyan’s author project, on the bases of Yerevan Secondary School 183. There are services of a psychologist, speech therapist, art therapist, sociologist, educator for the children with special needs and of a social employee for the education of children with special needs. From September 2013 all the teachers and learners of Grades 1-12 attend school with their personal note-book/netbooks and tablets giving a good example to all the public schools of our Republic.The audio recorder, digital photo and video cameras and other digital means are everyday used educational tools in the Educomplex. Besides general education, Educompex has different clubs which run according to the regulations of the Educomplex and curriculums of author educational programs. The aim of the clubs is revelation and enhancement of learners’ preferences (natural gifts).

Belgium

Qworzó is an elementary school in a small village called Merksplas which lays about 70 km north of Brussels. We speak Dutch like they do in the Netherlands, since our school is located in Flanders. Since there are a lot of people in Belgium who speak French we also learn French in school.

Our school teaches about 400 children aged 3,5 – 12 years. We are very enthusiastic about the fifth anniversary of The European Chain Reaction and we hope many schools will join the project!

Bulgaria

Cvetni pesachinki

Hello to all the participating countries in the competition! We are kindergarten from Bulgaria. We are situated in city Varna - this is a beautiful city on the Black Sea. We will represent our country. In our kindergarten, we've got40 students, aged 3 to 7. Our native language is Bulgarian,but children learn Englishand Russian as a foreign language. We focus onvarious educational training,art, painting, crafts and music. Visit our website

Cyprus

Frenaros primary school is a multicultural school, based in free Famagusta area. It has got 268 students, 144 boys and 124 girls. Also, in the school work 26 teachers and 6 other schools' assistant staff. The school participates in Erasmus KA1, etwining programs, "Chrysoprasino fyllo"program (Greece- Cyprus cooperation program about environmental issues).

Frenaros primary school, is a rural school of medium social- economical and educational level status. Though, parents co operate excellent with the school staff for educational results' improvement. The school's building consists of 14 teaching classrooms and 7 other subject classrooms.

Czech Republic

Základní škola Stráž

Our primary school is situated in the village Stráž in the West of Czech Republic. It is located in a beautiful countryside, there are forests and ponds around. Our school is 120 years old. There are 118 pupils in our school (6 – 15 years old). Pupils come from nearby small villages.

England

King’s Ely is an independent school set in the historic and beautiful city of Ely, not far Cambridge. The school was established to educate the boy choristers of Ely Cathedral over 1,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest schools in the world. There are approximately 350 pupils in King’s Ely Junior and, although we have participated in several eTwinning projects, this is our first time in the European Chain Reaction. We are very much looking forward to the challenge.

Estonia

We are a small and young kindergarten from Estonia. Our house was opened in year 2011 and since then, we participate in project-based learning all of the time. All together we have 169 children and 24 teachers! We appreciate new challenges and we are constantly looking for exciting projects! Have a look atthis videoto have a look in our school!

Finland

Ohkola school is small school with about 100 students in the town of Mäntsälä, in southern Finland. We have 5 teachers and 4 other members of staff here. The school is located in beautiful surroundings which gives the pupils great opportunities to play outside during the breaks. We focus on very good basic teaching, but also ICT, nature and music. Want to know more? Take a look at our schoolwebsite!

Germany

The Rasselbande is a kindergarden with 40 children from 1 to 6 years founded in 1989 by parents. We have our own pädagogical concept to support individual learning. We are in the same building as the Freie Schule Kassel and many children go there after leaving our kindergarden.

On the photo you can see our house created by young builders and architects.They

Greece

Aristotelio College is a private school that was founded in 1980 and is located in the second largest town of Greece, Thessaloniki. It includes Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary school! This year there are apr. 600 students in our classes. We participate in many eTwinning projects and last year the project "The school that I live and the one that I dream" was awarded with the European Quality Label! Each spring we organize the MUN of Thessaloniki with the participation of more than 500 students from Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. We have a theatre club that has won many national awards. We have a chorus and an orchestra.

Hungary

Teleki Samuel Elementary School is in Érd, Hungary. Érd is a town about 20 km southwest of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.

The school was established in 1933. The name, Samuel Teleki comes from a famous Hungarian geographer and explorer who mapped the last white spots of Africa in the 19th. century. We have chosen this name in 1991, because the school aims to educate students to become responsible, creative and thoughtful young teenagers. Our school is a member of the Hungarian Eco-School Network.

Now we have about 500 students from 1st to 8th grade. Elementary school starts at the age of 6 in Hungary and our students continue to secondary schools at the age of 14. Ther are 59 employees in our school, including 44 teachers.

The school has started to take part in international European projects three years ago. We are looking forward to take part in the European Chain Reaction. We - especially the students of year 5 - hope that it is going to be a great challenge and fun for us.

Iceland

Flataskóli is a compulsory elementary school. The pupils are from 6 to 12 years old (1st to 7th grade) In the school are nearly 300 pupils and about 50 members of staff, teachers and others employees. Flataskóli is located in Garðabær, a town of 10.000 inhabitants, 14 km south of Reykjavík. Flataskóli is the oldest educational establishment in Garðabær and the school is founded on trust and stability. Good behaviour together with a positive attitude and ethos are hallmarks of Flataskóli. The school has a speicial outdoor teaching area in a grove nearby in harmony with a stream and lava. The seashore is within walking distance from school.

Ireland

Our school is a small rural primary school the village of Newmarket in Co. Kilkenny in South East of Ireland. We have 56 pupils and 4 teachers. Our pupils are aged 4-12. We love to take part in eTwinning projects.

Israel

Osishkin School is the heart of Ramat- Hasharon City's Community. It allows a place for a large diversity of students for ages 6-12.

Our school aspires for excellence and welcomes educational and learning achievements focusing on emotional and social skills.

We wish for a positive environment for our children which enhances their sense of belongingness and cherishes the uniqueness of every child.

The school's team of teachers work in collaboration to guide the students and help them fullfill their potential. They set a goal for themselves to help students search and discover new paths while learning that teamwork and friendship are a way of life.

There are no limits to the children's dreams- everything is possible and even the sky is not the limit!

Italy

“Antonio Gramsci” Primary School

Ghilarza ( Oristano) Sardinia (Italy)

Our School is located in Ghilarza , a town of 5000 inhabitants in the centre of Sardinia, close to an artificial lake, about 50 Km from the West coast of the island. In its surroundings there are lots of archaeological sites ( Nuragic and Romanarchitecture and civilisation). Sardinian people speak two languages: Sardo and Italian.

Our school has about 225 children aged 6/11 and 20 teachers.

In school year 2010/2011 we started our European adventure thanks to the presence of a Comenius Assistant and we won the European Label 2011!!.

Latvia

Pāle Primary School is situated in a small rural village with about 700 inhabitants, in the northern part of Latvia 22 km from the Baltic Sea. There are 90 students (7-16 years old) in the Primary school level, 29 children in the preschool group, 18 teachers and 8 technical workers.

The school was built in 1936. About 20 students have learning difficulties and some students are at a risk of social exclusion. For that reason we are realizing not only the general education programme, but also the programme for students with the learning difficulties. Every year our students participate in regional Olympiads of school subjects, different projects, sports, music and art competitions, showing good results. http://palesskola.lv

Lithuania

ŠIAULIAI „JUVENTA“ SCHOOL

school doors opened in 1971 in its first generation and in 1999/2000 school year, pupils and teachers chose her a new name: „Juventa“ High School.Our school always was famous of it‘s music. Our school is famous not only for his musical achievements. Our students actively participate in various arts, sports contests and competitions. The school is decorated with ever-changing exhibition of works by students. Students participate in various projects: the Comenius, eTwinning, the city and the republic. You can find a primary school drama, road safety, the fine arts section in „Juventa“ school. Visit our website!

Luxembourg

Our school is a French School in Luxembourg, which means our students are mainly, but not only, French and we follow the French curriculum. Our public are expats working in Luxembourg. The school has 623 students this year and goes from preschool to year 5, with three or four classes in each year. we are very excited to participate!

Norway

Kringsjå skole

Our school is located on the south coast of Norway, just outside the center of Kristiansand. Kristiansand is Norway’s no. 1 summer holiday resort and the fifth largest town in Norway, with 85000 inhabitants.

Situated in a rural area, the school is surrounded by a forest, and within a short walk we also have lakes, the sea, beaches and mountains. We try to use our natural surroundings in our everyday school life.

Kringsjå school is a primary school and this year we have 225 pupils from 1st to 7th grade. Norwegians start school at the age of six and leaves for secondary school at the age of thirteen. At our school we have 30 employees, 18 of them are teachers.

Our school has been involved in international projects earlier, and we are happy to take part in this event. The 31 pupils in the 4th grade are our participants in the European Chain Reaction. We are looking forward to this challenge!

Poland

We are Primary and Nursery School No. 1 in Warsaw and we are one of the smallest schools in the capital. There are only around 130 children aged from 3 to 12 years. Our school was founded in 1937 and has a rich history and tradition.

This is our second time to take part in European Chain Reaction and we are very happy to represent Poland this year.

Portugal

The Primary School António Vitorino, is located in the parish of Vieira de Leiria, municipality of Marinha Grande and Leiria district. It is a building with ground floor and 1st floor with eight classrooms, covered courts, a playground and outdoor playgrounds. There is also a Mediatheque / Library which serves to support students of 1st cycle. The students are aged between 6 and 10 years of schooling. The school is open between 8.30 am until to 18.30 pm. Students frequent the disciplines of Portuguese, Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Expressions, Sports, Work and Study Support Integration and still the Complement Curricular Activities: English, ICT, Expressions, Physical Activity and Dance."

Romania

"Petru Rares" School from Hirlau, Romania was founded in 1856. The school currently has over 1,400 pupils aged between 6 and 15 years. The school has a reputation, his students won numerous academic competitions.

We are glad that we are part of this eTwinning project. Good luck in making activities!

Scotland

Scotland will be represented by Yester Primary School, from the small village of Gifford, which is in the hills, about 35km south east of the capital city, Edinburgh. The Primary 4 class are looking forward very much to taking part, and to seeing the chain reactions from around Europe. Good luck to all schools!

Serbia

The name of our school is "Zmaj Jova Jovanović", Ruma, Serbia.We are a Primary school. Students of our school are from 7-15 years old. We will working on this project whit 11-12 years old.Teachers and students participate in​lots of projects and competitions. We like to work with ICT on our classes. Our school has participated in over 20 projects on eTwinning. One of them is "Girls in ICT" which was awarded with the European quality label.

Slovakia

Humennéis a town in the Prešov Region in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the Laborec and Cirocha Rivers. Its life is rich in cultural and sports events. The town is a starting point for tourism, because there are numerous opportunities in the picturesque countryside of the East Carpathians. The most attractive places are the Vihorlat Mountains boasting of their Morské oko lake, and the Poloniny at the border of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine. The surroundings of Humenné, with their romantic ruins of medieval castles and an open-air museum of architecture situated in the town park, are a source of knowledge and relaxation.

Slovenia

Our school lies in Preska, a village not so far away from Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. It consists of two parts: the old and the new one. In the old part we have classrooms for art classes, history and craft, a dining room and a kitchen. We also have a very friendly chef, which will always make you laugh. In the new, bigger part, there are classrooms for Science (Chemistry and Physics), Math, Slovene, English, Music, Biology, Geography and a computer classroom. There are also two gyms and a library with over 14,000 books.

Primary school Preska is visited by students from villages Preska, Golo Brdo, Studenčice, Goričane, Sora and Dol. It also has two branch schools in Topol and Sora. There are about 400 students in our school at the very moment.

Spain

Escola Casa Nostra is in the town of Banyoles in Catalonia, which is near Girona. The primary & high schools are set in beautiful gardens on the shores of Banyoles lake, which is the largest natural lake in Catalonia. Our pupils range from 0 to 16 years of age and learn Catalan, Spanish, English and French, amongst other things. The 6th grade multimedia group who are 11-12 years old are looking forward to participating in ECR2017.

Sweden

Kallingeskolan is situated in the south east of Sweden, about 5 kilometres north of Ronneby in Blekinge. We are 210 students between 6 and 13 years. We have one class in each grade and we have also two classes for students with special needs and one class for students with autism. All students are included in the common education as far as possible.

The Netherlands

School Kastanjelaan is situated in Leiderdorp a city of 25.000 inhabitants.The youngest pupils are 4 years old and the oldest are 12 years old. We have 8 different classes and 235 pupils. Our class sizes vary from 16 pupils in our smallest class and 34 pupils in our largest class. The majority of our pupils (allmost 95%) is native Dutch. Our school was founded allmost 80 years ago.

The city of Leiderdorp is very near the the city of Leiden. The cities are seperated by two rivers, the Zijl and the Rijn. The history of Leiderdorp starts in Roman times. In the city there are 33 monuments including several windmills.

We have worked on several Comenius and eTwinningprojects before and we are looking forward to working on the chain reaction!

Ukraine

Hello to all the participating countries in the competition. Our Gymnasium is situated in the beautiful city Bila Tserkva, which lays about 70 km south of Kyiv. There are about 1000 students from the age of 6 to 17. Our native language is Ukrainian, but children learn English as a foreign language. Pupils are ready to build a chain reaction and eager to enter the competition. We are glad that we are part of this eTwinning project.